Local and General.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 243, 18 October 1921, Page 4

Local and General.

At a special meeting in Napier last evening the Pirates football club made final arrangements for their annual picnic on Labour Day.

St. Leonards’ Bowling Club (Hastings) announce a rinks tournament on their green on Labour Day, when intending players should be on the green at 9.15 a.m. sharp. All desirous of assisting at the Labour Day Sports at Farndon Park are requested to meet at the Labour Party Rooms, Karamu road, Hastings, this evening at 7.30. The Napier Borough Council has money on deposit amounting to £15,100 10s. Of this amount £11,217 15s is at call. The other amounts arc on deposits from periods ranging from six months to two years. A reminder is given of the “Flannel Dance” at the Skating Rink, Hastings, to-morrow night, under the auspices of the Hastings Band, First-class music will be supplied by the R.G.S. band, and the floor has been put in perfect condition.

Malaria broke out on the steamer Waitemata, which arrived at Auckland yesterday, at Bombay. Almost all were attacked, G. Nichol (chief cook) and J. Menzies (seaman) dying in hospital. Eight firemen were left in a Calcutta hospital. Owners and occupiers of premises in Hastings are required by the Borough Council to take prompt and energetic measures to destroy rats upon their respective premises. All old and waste materials, refuse, and anything likely to harbour rats must be forthwith removed.

The officers of the Marania, which arrived at Wellington on Sunday from San Francisco, report that on all sides there is evidence of a considerable improvement in trade in the Californian city. Business people were then looking on the depression as a thing of the past.

The sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Bank of New Zealand fell on Sunday, business having been commenced on October 16th., 1861, in Auckland, which continued to bo the headquarters of the bank until about a quarter of a century ago, when the head office was removed to Wellington. The Auckland Acclimatisation Society has decided to offer a reward of £2O for information leading to the conviction of any person destroying or taking fish in streams by the use of explosives or noxious chemicals. Other acclimatisation societies in the Dominion are to be requested to take similar action.

Sunday was the seventh anniversary of the departure from the Dominion of the Main Body of tho New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Tho Waimana which took portion of the Auckland contingent, is now in port At; six o’clock on the morning of October Ibtli. the whole New Zealand force saded for Egypt in ten troopships escorted by four xwarships, three British and one Japanese,

The Hastings Chamber of Commerce meets to-night.

In honour of Trafalgar Day, the flag will be saluted at schools throughout the Dominion on Friday next.

The Hastings Women’s Rest will be open all day on both, show days, when visitors may procure afternoon tea and also leave imrcels.

The Karamu Lodge intend holding their last of tho season euchre party and dance in the Hastings Oddfellows’ Hall on Wednesday evening next, when a large attendance is anticipated.

The Wahsiate Trotting meeting, which was to have been held on Saturday, Ist Oct., has been postponed indefinitely, owing to the racecourse being under flood water —(Press Association.) As Mr Dyer, S.M., will be absent In Wairoa, the work at the Hastings Magistrate’s sitting to-morrow will be taken by two Justices, who will deal with civil cases coming within their jurisdiction.

Any shearer or shed-hand who may be dismissed by any employer for refusing to join the Mataara Shearers’ Association are advised by advertisement to immediately notify Arthur Cook, organiser, Wellington Shearers’ Union, Post Office, Hastings. At the Napier Police Court this morning, Thomas Yates, alias Williams, on charges of drunkenness and theft of an overcoat valued at £7, was remanded till Oct. 22nd. The Hastings branch of tho H.B. War Relief Assn, met yesterday, present: Messrs Ebbctt (chair)," Hart, White and Father Mahoney. A large number of applications were dealt with and assistance was granted, in accordance with the merits of the individual cases.

The annual presentation of prizes, naval essay competition, will take place at the Marine Parade Band Rotunda, Napier, on October 21. at 3 p.m., before the assembled schools. The special attendance of all members of the Navy League and ail interested are ticularly invitew.

There is a possibility that Dr. Valentine, the head of the Health Department, will seek an interview with Katana with a view to getting him to influence with Maoris at the settlement near Levin, where an epidemic has broken out, to submit to innoculation with antienteric serum, which practically eliminated typhoid from the ranks of the army (luring the war. The Marania was one of the first ships on arrival at San Francisco recently to be affected by the strange new immigration regulations. Eight Australians, two New Zealanders and one South African were held at Angel Island over night before word came from Washing ton to release them and permit them to land. There was some inconvenience to the passengers, allayed as far as possible by officials of the company It is understood that the occurrence will be the subject of a Note form Downing street to Washington.

A lady passenger in Thursday night’s Main Trunk train to Auckland writes that she had an adventurous trip. At Taihapo two gentlemen boarded the train loaded with the local brand of “hooch” and were sick all over the carriage. Tho men passengers sat still, but not so tho writer. She rushed out and bailed up the stationmaster just on the tick of starting time and the Main Trunk express was delayed for fifteen or twenty minutes while the porters cleaned and disinfected tho carriage. ’Tis said that this is not a singular occurrence, but the passengers are not always so lucky.

Nearly 50,000 acres of land are being opened for selection during the present; and next month. Most of it is grazing country, and with the exception of about 5,000 acres is all in the North Island—the majority in the Auckland province, and a good bit of it in King Country. Tho areas are tho usual sized grazing runs according to tho quality of tho country. There are a few small holdings in the list, some fruitgrowing areas' and a few dairy farms. The sections to be opened in the King Country for grazing average about 600 acres, and tho half-yearly rent varies from £ll 4/- to £2O 12/-.

At the Napier Civil Court this morning, before Messrs. C. H. Edwards, R. C. Wright, and J. W. Findlay, judgment for plaintiff by default was given in tho following undefended cases:— Ferris and Benge v. 8. Du ley, £5, cosis £2 5/6; H.B. County Council v. H. Brooker, £9 15/7, costs £1 16/6; same v. G. Chadwick. £ll 13/5, costs £2 15/; Mason and Dunn v. W. J. Martin, £9 17/10, costs 31/6; J. W. Walters v. F. Burton, costs 9/-; J. P. Campbell v. J. Fleet, £4 19/11, costs 25/6; H.B. Motor Co„ v. J. Marsden, £3 10/-, costs 23/6; H.B. Hospital Board v. R. Gray, £lB 4/-, costs £2 14/; T. C. Moore v. A. Heiford, £5 18/- costs 31/6; Hospital Board y. W. Wercta, £2O, costs £3 1/-; Motor Accessory Co. v. Sjiear and Fawcett, £l7 17/10, costs £2 14/-,

Speaking of the butter situation in New Zealand at present, a gentleman connected with the industry stated to a Levin “Chronicle” reporter that it looked as if the butter companies had got tho wind up, and were going in for competition in price-cutting to get local trade. This was a mistake, and instead of following up that line of business they should organise and come to an understanding to stabilise the New Zealand market. He pointed out that at the present time old butter of mixed grades was bringing 205/- per cwt. on the English market, while in New Zealand our new season’s product of better grade was selling for less. Ho had that statement on good authority. However, there was every sign of an improvement on the English market, as the High Commissioner recently cabled that the new season's supply was expected to bring an appreciable premium on the ruling values there now. Personally, he thought bottom had been touched, and wo were nearer stabilised prices to-day than at any time since the war.